News / Peak season sees freight rates more buoyant and carriers bullish on price hikes

27/07/2018

Container freight rates on the major east-west deepsea trades are beginning to lift as the peak season begins and price hikes scheduled for next week make their presence felt in the market.

Today’s Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI), a basket of rates quoted for the forthcoming week, saw ...

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